There was a basket that wasn’t, then two free throws that wouldn’t, and they combined to help sink the Soroco High School boys basketball team with a heartbreaking senior night home loss Thursday, 45-43, to Rangely.

Nearly a dozen Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club Nordic skiing athletes punched their tickets to this winter’s Junior Nationals event thanks to their performances Saturday and Sunday at a qualifier event in Aspen.

It was better, Steamboat Springs High School girls basketball coach Mack Spitellie said Thursday night. It wasn’t quite enough, however, and the squad lost by two points on the road against Summit, falling as the Tigers hit a buzzer-beating 3-point shot.

Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club alum Mary Rose was lighting fast on her skis at a series of U.S. Super Tour cross country skiing events in Craftsbury, Vermont, over the weekend, earning the best results of her career.

Ester Ledecka continues dominating streak

Ester Ledecka, a Steamboat Springs-trained Czech Republic Alpine snowboarder, furthered her success in what’s been a red-hot season on Saturday, winning a parallel giant slalom World Cup event in Sudelfeld, Germany.

Today Steamboat Springs has one major ski resort. It didn’t always appear that would be the way it is, however. Several other ski resorts have come and gone in Steamboat Springs and Routt County in the last 60 years. At one time they were a part of big plans by city officials, by real estate developers and by eager skiers. Today, all but one are lost in the snow.